Behind him, the tall and majestic city wall of Feng Yicheng has disappeared, facing the rising sun, a black and gray line has appeared on the wasteland, and the Great Zhao army has finally escaped from the predicament, but the army is no longer as clean as it was a few days ago.

No one knew that Feng Yi was in battle...... What is the loss of their own side, but the flying flesh and blood are still vivid, no matter what, all the generals are ready.

Jincheng still stands in the northwest land, and all the soldiers who have returned here have never felt that a somewhat dilapidated city is so lovely, and even the old tree at the gate of the city looks like an old man who has been lost for a long time in their eyes.

Three or five days ago, when the Da Zhao army set off from Jincheng, it was still an invincible tiger and wolf division, but in a blink of an eye, almost everyone in the army that returned to Jincheng was wounded, because of the improper command of the front-line generals, Da Zhao suffered heavy losses in the battle of Feng Yi.

Zhao Ying, the main general who was responsible for coordinating Feng Yi's battle, also died in battle when he broke through, which can be regarded as paying the price for his stubbornness.

The originally overcrowded commander Xingyuan was much deserted for a while, and many Great Zhao generals died in battle during the siege and breakthrough, and some generals were martyred in the encirclement of the enemy's iron hooves.

Huan Guohou still sat at the top with an expressionless face, and everyone could feel his solemnity when he suffered such a loss in the army. But the weather in the northwest is really bad, and Huan Guohou still looks a little weak.

In the center of the tent, a general in charge of statistics was reporting the losses: "Master Hou, our army attacked Feng Yicheng with a total of 280,000 people, and 13,000 died of illness and freezing during the march; In the siege battle, 48,000 siege troops were killed, including 31,000 Xiong Quwei, 6,000 Shooting Guards, 11,000 Jin Wuwei, and more than 20,000 wounded; Although the Xiao cavalry guard and the leopard cavalry guard were in the north, they were ambushed, with a total of 110,000 horses and horses, and more than 36,000 killed; During the breakout, General Jin Wuwei led a total of 50,000 forwards, 21,000 killed and more than 20,000 wounded. Of the 280,000 horses, only 170,000 returned to Jincheng. ”

The dead in the battle are more than the wounded, you can think of how brave the soldiers were, everyone almost fought for their lives to escape from the pool of blood, hearing that the battle damage was like this, some generals had already shown grief and indignation on their faces.

Huan Guohou sat on the top and said slowly: "This breakthrough, everyone has credit. It was the middle of winter in the northwest, and it had become difficult to fight again. For today's plan, only now Jincheng recuperates, and waits for the spring of the next year to go on the campaign. Fortunately, we still have the strength of the military offices in the northwest, and when they are integrated, the defense will not be a problem. ”

There was silence in the tent. A slightly older general said boldly: "Master Hou, there is something unknown in the end. ”

"Say."

"The last general thought that although there were 200,000 soldiers in the Northwest Military Government, they were local troops in the end. In terms of combat strength and military discipline, it cannot be compared with the Praetorian Guard, and if the coalition forces of the Western Regions take the initiative to attack in the future, I am afraid that they will not be able to stop it. ”

Xi Luan didn't answer for a while, and it wasn't until he went through the northwest battle situation in his mind that he slowly spoke: "There is no need to worry about this matter, before the beginning of spring, neither we nor the enemy are willing to and cannot withstand the toss." Besides, I went to the court last night and asked for an additional 100,000 troops, and I think there will be results in the near future. ”

"In this way, the last general will be relieved."

In the battle of Feng Yi, Da Zhao suffered heavy losses. When Xi Yan broke through, he was also hit by an arrow in the shoulder.

Afterwards, Xi Yan thought about it and always felt that something was wrong in his heart. From the beginning of the Shuishui Rebellion, Xi Yan felt that things seemed to be getting out of control, but every time he reached a critical point, there seemed to be another force in the dark to pull things back on track.

First, the people of the water were mutinied, and then the five countries of the Western Regions fought against the Great Zhao, and the Ming Ce army was destroyed. Then, the elder brother, who had ignored the government for many years, returned to the front line, and had regained a large amount of lost territory in an orderly manner, but he lost a large number of men and horses in the battle of Feng Yi. Everything is weird.

It's just that Da Zhao shrank the main force to Jincheng, and the grain, grass and winter clothes were all sent to the rear, but the grain transportation team was hindered by wind and snow several times and the enemy invaded, and the originally scheduled grain and grass could not be delivered. The water has been frozen, and seeing that the grain and grass are about to run out, Xi Luan had to send some generals to personally lead the team to escort the grain and grass.

Another team of grain transport teams was about to set off, learning the lessons of the previous few robberies of grain and grass, Xi Luan sent Feng Xin, the general of Jin Wuwei, to lead 3,000 elite cavalry to transport grain in Xiajin Pass. Feng Xin took over the burden without hesitation, and at this time, on his shoulders, it was already the last hope for the soldiers in the city to be fed and clothed.

"The grain transport team led by General Feng has set off, if there is no wind and snow, it will arrive in Jincheng tomorrow morning at the latest, it seems that the grain and grass can be worry-free for the time being."

In the middle of the coach's journey, Xiao Yi was helping Huan Guohou sort out the grain transportation route these days, seeing that Xi Luan's face was still a little pale, he opened his mouth and persuaded again: "Master Hou should go and rest first, his body is just better, and you have been working day and night, this war in the northwest is still indispensable to you." ”

"That's not what I said," Xi Luan was somewhat more easy-going than usual when facing this old unit who had fought with him, "Although the situation in the northwest is complicated, even without me, the imperial court will send another general, and what is the matter in the world that has to rely on one person?" ”

Xiao Yi disagreed, and said straightly: "According to the general, the war in the northwest has to be you." ”

The court already knew the loss of Feng Yi in the first battle, and the overseers sent by the court were about to arrive in Jincheng in a few days, Xiao Yi knew this, so he was in a hurry to comfort Huan Guohou at this time.

Xi Luan smiled faintly, and changed the topic: "In the battle of Feng Yi, our army's losses are really heavy, if Ben Hou can personally go to Feng Yi to supervise the battle, he will definitely not let the enemy army join in." ”

"This shouldn't be blamed on the Hou Ye," Xiao Yi was still a little sad, but also a little resentful, "Zhao Yinggang used his own strength, although he fought and died, how could Zhao Ying apologize for the loss of our army with death?" Hou Ye's health is not very good, and your arrangement before the war is that the last generals did not understand the essence. ”

"That's it, for the sake of today's plan, we can only rest and regroup first, and then go to war when our army's morale returns to its peak."

……

Just as the two were talking, a messenger from outside the line called out.

"Urgent! The grain transport team was attacked fifty miles outside Jincheng, and our army was completely annihilated! All the grain and grass have been robbed! ”

"What's going on?" Xi Luan's face sank suddenly, "What about Feng Xin?" ”

"General Feng...... Fight to the death. ”

Xi Luan frowned tightly, closed his eyes and gritted his teeth, and said, "Send generals again, no matter what, the grain and grass must be transported." ”

The military order was only issued for a moment, and another team of grain transportation teams was about to set off, Xi Yanben asked his brother for his life, but Xi Luan's attitude was extremely tough, and he did not agree to his request from beginning to end.

Although Xi Yan couldn't, he knew that the army was not at home, and he couldn't tell his brother about those feelings, so he could only follow his arrangement and go back to his room to recuperate.

These days, many questions have been plaguing Xi Yan: Why did Fu Mang abandon the city and leave? Why did the enemy have no reinforcements when attacking Jincheng? Outside Feng Yi City, why did he encounter the main force of the enemy army again? After retreating to Jincheng, the troops that were sent out to transport grain or reconnoiter were basically attacked, and most of the generals were killed

Thinking of this, Xi Yan hurriedly took out a thin book from the pile of documents on the account case, which was a Tang newspaper that Xi Yan had summarized and recorded by himself these days. The words on the Tang newspaper are very concise, with only a few lines:

On October 15, the left general of the cavalry guard, and the right general were killed when Feng Yi broke through.

On October 15, General Xiong Quwei was killed during Feng Yi's siege.

On October 15, the left general of the leopard cavalry guard, and the right general was killed when Feng Yi broke through.

On October 15, the general of the shooting sound guard and the right general were killed in the siege of Feng Yi.

On October 21, General Jin Wuwei was attacked while escorting a grain convoy and was killed in battle.

On the third day of November, General Xiong Quwei was attacked on the way to change guards and was killed in battle.

……

Except for the generals who died in the battle of Feng Yi, the rest were killed on the way out, but the routes of the army to transport food and change guards were all secret, and ordinary generals would not know about it.

In Xi Yan's heart, an answer is about to come out: there are meticulous works in the army!

Thinking about this, Xi Yan couldn't sit still anymore, suddenly got up, and went straight to the coach.